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Mayoralty of Naheed Nenshi

Naheed Nenshi served as mayor of Calgary, Alberta, Canada, from 2010 through 2021. He did not seek re-election in 2021 and was succeeded by Jyoti Gondek.

Nenshi was awarded the World Mayor prize in 2014 by the City Mayors Foundation. He became the first Canadian mayor to win this award.^[1]

Elections

2010 mayoral election

See also: 2010 Calgary municipal election

Nenshi first ventured into politics in 2004, running unsuccessfully for a seat on Calgary's city council.^[2] His 2010 campaign for mayor, dubbed the "Purple Revolution",^[3] was uniquely a viral campaign which relied heavily on using social media to promote his platform and hyper-engage voters.^[4] According to Nenshi's campaign I.T. specialist Richard Einarson, the name "Purple Revolution" was chosen because the campaign wanted broad appeal across the socio-economic spectrum of liberal red and conservative blue voters.^[5]

Beside viral campaigning, the volunteer body of "Team Nenshi" were given a great degree of autonom

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Today in history: Women declared "persons" 95 years ago

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On this date, Oct. 18, in history:

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In 1534, Paul III was elected Pope. He reformed the Catholic Church and forbade the practice of selling church appointments and spiritual favours. However, he was unable to heal the rift of the Reformation.

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In 1646, Rev. Isaac Jogues, 39, a Jesuit priest and founder of the Mohawk mission, was killed in Midland, Ont. He was considered a sorcerer by the Mohawks for spreading smallpox during an earlier peace mission. They killed him with a hatchet blow to the head. The Iroquois also blamed him for the drought and famine that followed his earlier visit. In 1930, Jogues and seven other martyrs of the Huron missions were canonized.

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Naheed Nenshi

Leader of the Alberta NDP since 2024 and Mayor of Calgary from 2010 to 2021

Naheed Kurban Nenshi (born February 2, 1972) is a Canadian politician who has been the leader of the Alberta New Democratic Party (NDP) since 2024. Nenshi previously served as the 36th mayor of Calgary; first elected in 2010, he served three terms as mayor before deciding not to run for re-election in 2021. In March 2024, Nenshi announced he would run for provincial NDP leader, winning the leadership election held in June.

Nenshi won the 2010 mayoral election with 39% of the vote. Being a ShiaIsmaili,^[2] he became the first Muslim to become mayor of a major Canadian city.^[3] He was re-elected in 2013 with 74% of the vote and again re-elected in 2017 to a third term with 51% of the vote. After serving three terms as mayor, he did not seek re-election in the 2021 Calgary municipal election and was succeeded by Jyoti Gondek.^[4] He had been regarded as one of the most popular mayors in Canada during his term. He re-entered politics in March 2024, when he anno